Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Duke is as worthless as the old. In a role that is superficially as neurotic and high-souled and weak, and is as full of dissembling and soliloquy, as Hamlet's, Gerard Philipe played with great effect. If possibly overstressed, Lorenzaccio's effeteness stood in vivid contrast to Philippe Noiret's gruffly selfish Duke. Such performances were part of a simple but eloquent stage world-the absence of scenery made up for by brilliant lighting and costumes, the multitude of scenes moving fluidly one into another. And Lorenzaccio was. save here and there, beautifully spoken...
...upper-level courses leaves the student alone with his notes at the time when he is best equipped to discuss, penetrate, and challenge course material. It is not unusual for a non-science major to have three of four courses with little or no discussion available and then, for contrast, an individual grilling by a tutor. In short, by the time one is a Junior, one's ideas are one's own business...
...Reds. In sharp contrast to these alert, aggressive techniques, the Japanese press has abdicated its responsibility to espouse, attack or even examine the variety of political opinions that are the stuff of democracy. It is in the grip of impartiality gone haywire. Only two of the nation's papers-the daily Communist Akahata (circ. 30,000) and the thrice-monthly Socialist Shakai Shimpo (circ. 80,000)-advance any creed. The rest of the Japanese press has only one policy: to attack the government. The rationalization is that the government is the press's traditional enemy, must be fought...
...dramatic interpretation. The University displays its disdain for speech by refusing to count more than two half courses, and sometimes only one, for the degree. Although speech courses are given under the auspices of the English Department, no speech course can be counted for concentration in English. In contrast with another utilitarian art, three full courses in English composition can be counted for the degree; two full composition courses can be counted for English concentration...
...contrast to his despised contemporaries, Wolfe was a strange figure. Tall, thin, and quite awkward, he rarely spoke in class, and when he did it was with a shy stammer. Although his general lack of finesse was often embarrassing, Wolfe professed pride in the marked difference between himself and his classmates. He called himself "a raw Tar Heel ... with native simplicity...